Former Minister and Member of Parliament Rishad Bathiudeen is currently in the custody of the CID on charges of aiding and abetting the Easter bombers. Several protests have been held in Vavuniya, Puttalam and Colombo over the past few days demanding his release.
Meanwhile, Ayesha Rishad, the wife of MP Rishad Bathiudeen, had sent a letter to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Commenting on the arrest of her husband. She has stated that the main reason for the attack on Easter was the activities of Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero and his activities.
The BBS has sent a letter of criticism to MP Rishad’s wife in this regard. The letter states that the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Attack, which did not address the issue, states that Rishad Bathiudeen, who is suspected of aiding and abetting the Easter attackers, is preparing for a political struggle, at least That the Passover report should be read.
The Bodu Bala Sena has said that the activities of Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero and his Thero, which are not mentioned anywhere in the report of the commission, are a major reason for the Easter attack and that it is an insult to the commission to say that there is something in the final report of the commission.
The Easter Commission’s final report on the extremist activities of various members of the Muslim community in the 1950s states that the Tabligh Jamaat, Ihwan Muslims, Jamaat-e-Islami and Tawheed groups representing her husband’s colleagues and political activists have released a number of extremist activities in Sri Lanka. The letter also said that it was “surprising” that Ayesha Rishad had avoided making statements justifying her suicide, including the attacks she had carried out.
In a letter to the President, Ayesha Rishard said that she accepts eight of the 10 reasons why Saharan launched a suicide attack in Sri Lanka and accused Saharan of deliberately omitting two of the ten points in the last statement he recorded.
What she also needs to do now is to support the security forces in trapping Islamist terrorists and their supporters in their efforts to eradicate them from Sri Lanka, or else her children may one day become suicide bombers in the name of religion.